Richard Shelby: “I say to Senator Allen that I will give every consideration to his request when we begin conferencing this bill.”

A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense.

I remain concerned that the Air Force budget request is insufficient considering the needed modernization across the inventory with a rapidly evolving threat.

Because the administration has refused to fund the construction of a comprehensive barrier along the border, it has been compelled to send the National Guard to deal with the consequences.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.